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Nearest Communities to Wimsatt,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wimsatt, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wimsatt:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wimsatt.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Wimsatt is located in Otero County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra, Culberson (TX) & Hudspeth (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wimsatt. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Otero County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Wimsatt (which is Otero County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Wimsatt

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Otero County   (where Wimsatt resides)
    • County Website:   https://co.otero.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Otero:   Alamogordo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wimsatt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wimsatt.
      • Chippeway Park
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
      • Cloudcroft
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Hortonville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hortonville is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
      • Silver Springs
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Silver Springs is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
      • Mayhill
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mountain Park
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Mountain Park is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
      • Marcia
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Marcia is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia
      • High Rolls
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • High Rolls is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
      • Sacramento
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Weed
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Maxon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Maxon is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
      • Mescalero
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Crisp
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Crisp is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
        • Sunspot
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Sunspot is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
        • Blazers Mill
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Blazers Mill is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazers Mill
        • La Luz
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Bent
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Whitetail
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Whitetail is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetail
        • Alamogordo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Avis
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Avis is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
        • Omlee
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Omlee is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omlee
        • Alamorosa
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Alamorosa is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorosa
        • Kearney
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Kearney is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
        • Carrizo
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Carrizo is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
        • Boles Acres
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Boles Acres is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
        • Timberon
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Dog Canyon Estates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Dog Canyon Estates is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Canyon Estates
        • Tularosa
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Valmont ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Valmont is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
        • Monista ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Monista is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monista
        • Pinon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dunes
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Dunes is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes
        • Apache
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Apache is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
        • Salinas
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Salinas is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salinas
  • Chaves County
  • Lincoln County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wimsatt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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